Shloka 196

समन्तपञ्चक-आख्यानम् तथा अक्षौहिणी-प्रमाणनिर्णयः

Samantapañcaka Narrative and the Measure of an Akṣauhiṇī

Devanagari script

ह्वियमाणस्तु मन्दात्मा मोक्षितो5सौ किरीटिना | धर्मराजस्य चात्रैव मृगस्वप्ननिदर्शनम्‌,वे मन्दमति दुर्योधनको कैद करके लिये जा रहे थे कि अर्जुनने युद्ध करके उसे छुड़ा लिया। इसके बाद धर्मराज युधिष्ठिरको स्वप्नमें हरिणके दर्शन हुए

Transliteration

hviyamāṇas tu mandātmā mokṣito 'sau kirīṭinā | dharmarājasya cātraiva mṛgasvapnanidarśanam ||

Translation

Alors que cet esprit obtus et vil était emmené en captivité, Kirīṭin (Arjuna) le délivra. Et là même, pour Dharmarāja (Yudhiṣṭhira), survint le présage du « cerf dans le rêve », vision d’avertissement au cœur des troubles.

Word by Word

ह्वियमाणःbeing called/summoned

तुbut/indeed

मन्दात्माthe dull-witted one (Duryodhana)

मोक्षितःwas released/freed

असौthat man/he

किरीटिनाby the diadem-wearer (Arjuna)

धर्मराजस्यof Dharmaraja (Yudhishthira)

चand

अत्रhere/in this context

एवindeed/just

मृगस्वप्ननिदर्शनम्the portent/sign in the form of a deer-dream

Speaker

राम उवाच

Characters & Entities

Arjuna (Kirīṭin)

Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmarāja)

Duryodhana (implied by the accompanying Hindi gloss)

deer (mṛga) as dream-omen

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse juxtaposes martial action (rescuing a captive) with a dharmic-psychological signal (a dream-omen for Dharmarāja), suggesting that outward events in conflict are accompanied by moral and symbolic indicators that invite reflection on consequence, intention, and the unfolding of fate within dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

A person described as mandātmā is being led away, but Arjuna (Kirīṭin) frees him. In the same narrative frame, Yudhiṣṭhira (Dharmarāja) experiences a deer-vision in a dream, presented as a significant sign connected to the episode.